The Sheyenne Mustangs will venture away from home to face off against the Moorhead Spuds at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Sheyenne ended up a good deal behind Horace and lost 81-63. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while Horace are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Moorhead waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They managed a 79-73 victory over the Knights.
Moorhead has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.9 points per game. As for Sheyenne, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Sheyenne's way against Moorhead when the teams last played back in January of 2016, as Sheyenne made off with a 70-47 win. Will Sheyenne repeat their success, or does Moorhead have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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